Career Resources
Career Assessment and Exploration Tools (Top)
- ISEEK Skills Assessment (www.iseek.org/sv/12398.jsp) - Assess possible careers based on your skills.
- Mind Tools (www.mindtools.com) - Learn and develop job-related skills to further your career prospects.
- Department of Employment and Economic Development, JobSTAT (www.positivelyminnesota.com) - Assessment tool to find occupations that match your work experience.
- The Beehive Work (www.thebeehive.org/jobs) - Tools to help you research a career, assess your skills and develop a plan for acheiving your goals.
Career Services (Top)
- America's Career Information Network (www.acinet.org) - Source of employment information for job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.
- Americorps (www.americorps.gov/) - Offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local national nonprofit groups.
- Back-2-Work (www.back-2-work.com) - Donates a free one hour workshop called "Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Job Search Process" to job clubs and transition group around the Twin Cities.
- CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org) - Is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy.
- Career Solutions (www.careersolutionsinc.org) - Services include specialized career counseling and job transition services for those seeking to re-enter the workforce due to divorce, separation, escape from family violence, spousal abandonment or the death of a husband, wife or life partner.
- Career Transitions for Women (www.careersforwomen.org) - Helps career women in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area achieve work and life satisfaction through career planning, positioning and coaching.
- Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) (www.clues.org) - Provides a range of behavior health and human services - including employment services to the Latino Community.
- Daily Work, A Ministry of ELCA - Steve Grove, Executive Director - Assists people in finding and maintaining living wage employment.
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Phone: (651) 204-3043 - Department of Employment and Economic Development, For Job Seekers (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/index.aspx) - Creative job search separate website is going away and all job seeking content is built into one place.
- Department of Employment and Economic Development, Dislocated Worker Program (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers) - Minnesota's Dislocated Worker Program provides quality services to employers and employees alike across all 87 Minnesota counties.
- Department of Employment and Economic Development, Older Workers (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers) - The Senior Community Service Employment Program provides part-time community service assignments for people 55 years of age or old -er who have earnings of less than 125 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines.
- Department of Employment and Economic Development, Rehabilitation, Blind, and Veterans Services -
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/Blind_or_Visually_Impaired/index.aspx), People with Disabilities (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/People_with_Disabilities/index.aspx), and Veterans Employment Services (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/Veterans/index.aspx) - Helps people who are veterans or disabled achieve employment, vocational and independent living goals. - Disability.gov (www.disability.gov/state/minnesota/employment) - Find employment resources for Minnesota disabled unemployed.
- Goodwill - Easter Seals Minnesota (www.goodwilleasterseals.org/site/PageServer) - Provides assistance to people in achieving their goal for employment, education and independence.
- Green Jobs Ready (www.greenjobsready.com) - Portal offering the latest news views and resources on green job training programs in the Renewable Energy World.
- ISEEK (www.iseek.org) - ISEEK is Minnesota's comprehensive career, education, and job resource.
- JOBS NOW Coalition (www.jobsnowcoalition.org) - Provides regularly updated information on the number of job vacancies for occupations in each Minnesota region, as well as the median wages offered for job vacancies in each occupation.
- Lifetrack Resources (www.lifetrackresources.org) - This organization provides assistance in Early Childhood & Family Services, Employment & Business Services, and Child & Adult Therapies.
- The Minnesota Association of Centers for Independent Living (www.maci l.org) - Helps people with disabilities look at all the possibilities and challenges to returning to work.
- Minnesota Business Leadership Network (www.mnbln.org/providers/ate.html) - Access To Employment (ATE) serves adults with a diagnosed disability or other barriers to successful employment. ATE offers a full range of services that allow businesses to remain productive by matching employers with qualified candidates.
- Minnesota Careers (www.mncareers.org) - Career Decision Interest Assessment, Job Trends, Marketable Skills, Nontraditional Employment, Work-based Learning, Lifelong Journey.
- Minnesota Center System, Job Seeker Services (www.mnwfc.org/jobseekers.htm) - MN DEED Jobseeker Resources.
- Minnesota Community Action Partnership (MinnCAP) (minncap.org) - Uses local, state, private and federal resources to assist low income individuals and families to acquire useful skills and knowledge, gain access to new opportunities and achieve economic self-sufficiency.
- MinnesotaJobs.com (www.minnesotajobs.com/cgi-bin/jscal.cgi) - Job Fair Calendar
- Resource Employment Action Center (www.eac-mn.org) - Provides a range of employment services, family services, veteran's services, and business services.
- Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program (www.rmcep.com) Prepares people for work and strengthens the workforce in Northwestern Minnesota.
- SHiFT (www.shiftonline.org) - SHiFT network that supports people in mid-life who seek greater meaning in life and work.
- Southeastern Minnesota Center for Independent Living, Inc. (www.semcil.org) - Trained to talk to people with disabilities about returning to work. Contact us on our website or phone us at 1-866-333-2466.
- State of Minnesota, Minnesota Government Careers (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/Find_a_Job/) - Offering career opportunities in more than 100 agencies across Minnesota.
- Unemployment Lifeline (www.unemploymentlifeline.com/forum) - Talk to other people in similar situations, share your thoughts and follow breaking news on unemployment and the economy.
- Visual CV (www.visualcv.com) - Online resume building site.
- WomenVenture (www.womenventure.org) - Provides support to start and grow a business, find a new job, and develop a career path.
- Workforce Development, Inc. (WDI) (www.workforcedevelopmentinc.org) - Nonprofit with long history of serving the needs of job seekers and employers in Southeast Minnesota.
Employment Agencies (Top)
- Superpages.com (www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Employment+Agencies/S-MN) - Minnesota-wide Employment Agency listings.
- Staffing & Temporary Services (www.stsstaffing.com) - A full service temporary staffing, personal placement, and payroll service firm based in the Twin Citieis of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Job Resources (Top)
- Dice (www.dice.com) - Search for tech positions.
- Edina Community Education Services (www.edinacommunityed.org) - A series of community programs sponsored by Edina public schools.
- HIRE Minnesota (www.hiremn.org) - HIRE Minnesota is a coalition of community organizations that are seeking public investments that jump-start our economy, provide access for all people to jobs, training and living wages, start to ease the climate crisis and promote healthy communities.
- HIRED (www.hired.org) - Twin cities area providers of job-skills training and employment training.
- Marylhurst University (onlinedegrees.marylhurst.edu/you-have-the-degree-now-you-get-the-job) - Interview advice and resources.
- Quality Career Services (www.qualitycareerservices.org) - Quality Career Services is a full service career counseling agency that specializes in Dislocated Workers and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
- SOAR for Jobs (www.Soar4jobs.org) - SOAR for Jobs, a job transition support and networking group.
- The Riley Guide (www.Rileyguide.com) - Job search resource with articles on all aspects of job search and links to job listings.
- TwinCities.com, Your Next Job (www.twincities.com/watchdog) - An interactive employment resource featuring stories by Pioneer Press reporters and columnists.
- Twin Cities Community Voice Mail (www.tccvm.org) - Helps low-income Minnesotans without phones by providing them with free voice mail service
Recruiters and Headhunters (Top)
- Jobbank USA (www.jobbankusa.com/jobs/minnesota_mn/recruiters_headhunters.html) - Minnesota recruiters and headhunters.
Unemployment Benefits (Top)
- Minnesota Unemployment Insurance (www.uimn.org) - The UI Program provides temporary benefits to qualified persons out of work through no fault of their own. The purpose of the program is to help maintain the economic stability within a community. The UI fund is financed entirely by a special tax paid by employers.
Veterans (Top)
- Military One Source (www.militaryonesource.com) - Valuable resource for those in the military and their families.
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Veterans Services (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/Veterans/index.aspx) - Employment and training services for Minnesota veterans.
- LINKVET 888-546-5838 (www.mdva.mn.us/linkvet.htm) - Toll free one stop customer service line and website that connects veterans and their families to important services and resources.
- Minnesota Department of Veteran's Affairs (www.mdva.state.mn.us/stateprgms.htm) - State agency assists Minnesota’s 410,000 veterans and their dependents to obtain the benefits and services provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, formerly called the Veterans Administration.
- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, Minnesota C.O.R.E (www.mdva.state.mn.us/core) - Program designed to bring essential, community based services directly to veterans, military and their families across Minnesota at no cost.
Workforce Centers (Top)
- Metro Area Job Transition & Networking Groups (View PDF)
- Minnesota Workforce Centers (www.positivelyminnesota.com/JobSeekers/WorkForce_Center) - Workforce Centers are a collaboration of partners, including the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and local community agencies.
